Alright here is chapter ten! Sorry it took so long school's been a pain and I had a small writer block. But no worry it was torn down with a battering ram. Thank for Rein Walker for helping me write this (go check out her stories, they're good…. after you read this though) uhhhh…
I don't own -man but I do own all my characters, Raven belongs to Rein Walker, and Hana belongs to xIzumi-chan. Rein Walker and I own the plot. On with the story!
After Hana and I had walked out of the abandoned theater with akumas nearing the building, we set out to find Allen, Pirate and Two Dots. And just to make it more difficult, I have no idea where to start. I was too busy running to notice where or when I lost them! Somehow after wandering around for about a half hour, Hana and I wandered into the pub district of the area, also around were a few inns and a market but that was it.
"Hana lets go check the pubs, that's the only place I could imagine at right now" I sighed in boredom of walking around.
"What about one of those Gollum-things I've seen exorcists have?" She cocked her head, asking me as we entered the first pub.
I shrugged, thinking about multiple reasons I would be dangerous to carry a Gollum that would record everything I would say "I just never got one"
The pub we entered looked like any other pub I had been in. The hygiene was poor and the amount of drunken men was high. There we men laying on the floor and passed out in their bar stools. I swear everyone hear was drunk except for one corner in the far left, this had caught my attention. Whatever was happening seemed to have gathered quite an audience because there were people pushing and shoving to see what was happening. I pushed people out of the way to see what was going on only to solve my first dilemma.
"Hey Pirate, what the hell is going on" I asked in shocked to see what the cause of such an audience was. Allen and four other men sat in a small little circle, Allen fully clothed and wearing an evil grin. The other men were wearing just their boxers. They were playing strip poker.
"Oh, hiya Red!" Pirate waved excitedly "Allen's just earning some extra money"
I rolled my eyes, unpleased that my little cousin knew how to play poker. I blamed Cross.
"Allen, I just got info. on the mission, we gotta head back to my friend's apartment." I tapped Allen on the shoulder waking him from some sort trance Pirate called 'Black Allen'.
"Oh, right" He smiled putting down his cards, gathering the money earned and leaving the clothes to the men. Allen woke up Two Dots who had fallen asleep from I suspect boredom. I grabbed Hana and we all headed out of the pub.
"Hana, this is Allen Walker, Lavi and Inspector Howard Link. They work with me to destroying akuma" I motioned to each one of the guys. Allen smiled politely, Pirate gave a 'sexy' (his words not mine) and Two Dots just scowled looking away.
"Hello" she waked to all of them and looked back at me.
I motioned toward the door at left the pub, heading back Ray-chan's apartment. The busy streets were become silent as the Sun began to set. I could sense the akuma from before heading our way, toward Ray-chan's apartment.
"Come on, we gotta hurry up" I commanded, picking up the pace.
"Ray-chan…w-what happen?"
"Ah Sky-chan! I guess you already found Hana" Ray-chan wore a fake smile as she saw me; head toward at us while ignoring the fallen Akuma around her.
"You not answering my question Ray-chan, what just happen here?" I asked her while try to be serious but she just smile with eyes closed then we been interrupted with a loud sound downstairs. "Let's skip that question okay Sky-chan?"
Her blind right eyes (Yep she blind but not for both eyes) turned into yellowish color as she now holding a double blade gun linked with chain and a pair of black wings appear at her back "We got company today~"
"Is there never a dull moment in your life?" Hana asked, summoning what I suspected to be her new innocents. A rod grew in her hand, a long sharp blade coming from one end. The blade was an unusual color, though. The blade had looked as though it had been carved from a piece of ice, that could kill anyone will one strike. I smirked calling for my own innocents, Feira appearing beside me and Wint3er's Grace in my hand, locked in a really position, Allen and Pirate doing the same.
As we came down to the streets were the akuma had been I saw something I thought to be impossible. The whole street we had liked on was practically ruins. Buildings were half torn apart and streets were destroyed. The only building that looked acceptable was Mast- err… Ray-chan's apartment. I used my power and could see the akumas in the distance and something else but it was impossible to make out.
"The akuma are going to destroy the city at this point!" I yelled, sprinting in the direction of the akuma.
You really have a problem with running off, especially when there's at least 50 akuma that your running toward Erica observed, Max agreeing.
Well I don't exactly have time to wait for them, I pointed out getting angry at myself for all the destruction, the innocence hidden in this town and I to be exact. I couldn't help blame us for the mess. The innocents because that was what all the akuma were reaching for and me because of all the blood shed for the innocent. Closing in on the akuma I swung Winter's Grace killing three akuma in one blow.
"Feira attack, kill the akuma!" I shouted, sending my second innocents into battle. By this time the rest of the group had arrived to exterminate the akuma and free the souls. Allen had turned his arm into a sword and started to kill some of the level threes and the occasional level four. Pirate was fighting with Ray-chan to defeat a level two level fours and Hana was fight some of the level ones and twos with Two Dots. Fighting alone, like the old days, I was fighting my own arrange of akumas. Most of them were level threes so it hadn't been that difficult maybe one or two level fours.
"Well isn't this just beautiful? An angel-demon that's an exorcist" I froze in my spot all akuma ceased fighting and parted to make a path for a dark haired teen giving off the dark and light aura at the same time. Angel-demon We all growled, deactivating my innocences. As he continue to get closer I activated the thing I had thought I would rarely, if ever, use; I activated the two stars/pentagrams on my wrists.
Appearing rom the stars/pentagrams on my wrists were two swords. The sword in my right hand looked like it was made of crystal or glass but was as strong as diamond, this was Max's sword. The sword in my left hand was a completely black, sleek bade with one stipe of red that made it seem like there was fire on the blade itself.
"Who are you?" I growled, staring at the mystery teen. Out of the corner of my eye I saw many shocked, worried and hurt faces.
"Why, I'm just like you. Trying to do good but fighting the inner urge to kill. A monster." He gave me a creepy smile that reminded me of the Earl's. He looked to my friends "And by the look of it I'm guessing you managed to keep this a secret"
"I do not have the urge to kill" I growled pointing one sword near his throat and the other toward his torso then whispered "you know nothing about me"
"Now, now my children let's not do something you might regret later~" An all too familiar voice rang out, making the air feel extremely tense. I turned around slowly to see one of the men that had ruined my life and destroyed my past self.
"Do not call me your child Earl" I growl now one sword facing the teen and the other the Earl "Why have you come?"
"You have destroyed some of my best akuma and almost killed mine and Allick's (N/A: the man that turned Skylar into an angel-demon) newest experiment. Plus I wanted to see the 14th and his daughter isn't that enough?" He was trying to act kind for some strange reason, calling two level fours to bring Allen over here.
From all this I felt something inside me snap, like I had reached the maximum amount of anger possible. I threw the teen onto the ground, pushing a pressure point making it impossible to move. Next I turned to face the Earl, taking my swords and charging for him. The Earl easily dodged the attack as I charged again.
"Do you feel all this anger?" The Earl asked no one in particular "It is beautiful"
His comment only fueled my anger as a kept trying to kill him of wound him at least.
"Skylar stop!" I felt a large hand grab my and pull my back, Ray-chan and Pirate went to battle the Earl with precision.
"Why did you stop me?" I yelled at Allen, still angered from the Earl.
"Because you can't fight the Earl with anger and you're my only family what do you expect me to do?" He yelled back, everyone staring at us. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the Earl chuckle as he and the teen left the area causing all the akuma to disappear too. I looked you at everyone's faces and saw one main expression, disappointment and almost hatred. I felt a knot form in my throat from all the faces staring disapprovingly. The worst part is I knew I had deserved it. I slowly got up and just walked, not feeling and other emotion except sadness. I walked out of the ruined street toward a grave yard I'd seen before.
"If the innocence is anywhere it would here" I spoke to myself sadly, not even Max or Erica responding. I looked up a felt something wet hit my face like rain except saltier.
I spoke two simple words for all of them to hear before I left "I sorry guys, maybe that guy was right." A monster.
Sorry that chapter was sad but fight scenes usually end up being sad. I promise next chapter will be happier. REVIEW! Please it doesn't take that long and they make me happy
-Oz the Magician